diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index f426aca1a..5ff93142d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install .
           pip install \
-            "mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2>=0.4.3" \
+            "mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2>=1.0.0" \
             "mkdocs-git-revision-date-localized-plugin>=1.0" \
             "mkdocs-minify-plugin>=0.3" \
             "mkdocs-redirects>=1.0"
diff --git a/docs/schema/plugins/external/git-committers.json b/docs/schema/plugins/external/git-committers.json
index c6c43f0ab..018075312 100644
--- a/docs/schema/plugins/external/git-committers.json
+++ b/docs/schema/plugins/external/git-committers.json
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
               "markdownDescription": "https://github.com/ojacques/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2#config",
               "type": "string"
             },
-            "token": {
-              "title": "Personal access token",
-              "markdownDescription": "https://github.com/ojacques/mkdocs-git-committers-plugin-2#config",
-              "type": "string"
-            }
           },
           "additionalProperties": false,
           "required": [
diff --git a/docs/setup/adding-a-git-repository.md b/docs/setup/adding-a-git-repository.md
index 6da55fd13..064ce3e1e 100644
--- a/docs/setup/adding-a-git-repository.md
+++ b/docs/setup/adding-a-git-repository.md
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Then, add the following lines to `mkdocs.yml`:
 plugins:
   - git-committers:
       repository: squidfunk/mkdocs-material
-      token: !ENV GH_TOKEN
+      branch: main
 ```
 
 The following configuration options are supported:
@@ -250,21 +250,15 @@ The following configuration options are supported:
           repository: squidfunk/mkdocs-material
     ```
 
-`token`{ #committers-repository }
+`branch`{ #committers-repository }
 
-:   :octicons-milestone-24: Default: _none_ – This property should[^3] be set to
-    a [personal access token], which is used by the plugin to query GitHub's API
-    for document contributor information:
-
-      [^3]:
-        Setting a [personal access token] is not required, but recommended, as
-        GitHub has very low [rate limits] on their APIs that you'll probably run
-        into. When using a token, [rate limits] are much higher.
+:   :octicons-milestone-24: Default: `master` – This property should be set to
+    the branch of the repository from which to retrieve the contributors. To use the `main` branch:
 
     ``` yaml
     plugins:
       - git-committers:
-          token: !ENV GH_TOKEN
+          branch: main
     ```
 
 The other configuration options of this extension are not officially supported